Namespaces in XSL and how to access the elements

Hello all:


I am trying to get my brain around Namespaces in XSL.

I think the example below will make clear what i am struggling with.


XML file
<<<

<rdf:RDF
  xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">

...

<item rdf:about="url-here">
<title>Title would go here</title>
...
</item>

...

</rdf:RDF>
>>>


I want to get to the <item> elements whose parent is the <rdf:RDF> element.
I can get to the <rdf:RDF> element by using the following.

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
	xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
	exclude-result-prefixes="rdf" >

<xsl:template match="rdf:RDF">

Now, what i thought would work to select the <item> elements now that I am
in the proper context would be the following.

	<xsl:for-each select="item">
		<xsl:value-of select="title" /><br />
	</xsl:for-each>

But this doesn't work. I get no output.

So I went about it another way and came up with this:

	<xsl:for-each select="./*[name(.) = 'item']">
		<xsl:value-of select="./*[name(.) = 'title']" /><br />
	</xsl:for-each>

Now this works, but seems cumbersome and not as effecient/quick as it could
be.

So i have something that works, but i want to know if there is a better/more
correct way to do this. If not okay, then i have what i am looking for, but
i just wanted some advice from somebody with more XSL experience.


Rob Sutherland


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